image: 2 of 11| Six months on, much of Minami-sanriku still lies in ruins. While most of the world's media's attention has turned to fresher news, the struggles of the people in Minami-sanriku, one of the many towns affected by the earthquake and tsunami, remain the same: to clear the debris, and to rebuild their lives.

image: 3 of 11| New utility poles bring much-needed power and communications to the beleaguered townspeople and volunteers.

image: 4 of 11| For much of the town, only foundations where buildings used to stand.

image: 5 of 11| A fishing boat comes to rest on the streets inundated by sea water everyday at high tide.

image: 6 of 11| A car is left on the hills surrounding Minami-sanriku.

image: 7 of 11| Destroyed vehicles are piled up along the sides of the roads awaiting transportation to the scrapyard.

image: 8 of 11| The skeletal remains of buildings are home only to crows and other scavengers.

image: 9 of 11| A stop line doesn't stop the tide in Minami-sanriku. The intersection is about 200 metres from the shore.

image: 10 of 11| The disaster management centre in the middle of downtown Minami-sanriku. It was here that Endo Miki spent the last moments of her life broadcasting tsunami warnings to the town over the public broadcast system.

image: 11 of 11| A crow perches on a tree overlooking downtown Minami-sanriku, where only four buildings remain standing.